Curtain hanger



March 29, 1949.

M. M. MCAVENE Y CURTAIN HANGER Filed April 21, 1947 INVENTOR,

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Patented Mar. 29, 1949 UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE CURTAIN HANGER. Margaret M. McAveney, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application April 21, 1947, Serial No. 742,863

3 Claims. 1

The object of the invention is to provide 5mprovements in hangers for supporting draperies above windows and doors, and for purposes of illustration its applicability to a window is herein shown and described.

Particularly women in the home find it difficult to take down the usual drapery supporting hangers, as for the purpose of cleaning and replacing curtains, tie-backs, and similar forms of so-called drapes, and at best must stand upon chairs, ladders, boxes, or whatever may be at hand, in order to reach the top of the window frame, and disengage from the usual hooks and the like the poles, rods, etc. upon which the drapes are customarily hung.

Another object, therefore, is to provide a form of rod, either adjustable or of fixed length, having downwardly projecting extensions by which a woman of average height can lift the rod from its supporting pins, hooks, or similar supports.

A further object is to provide a rod of this general type, which extends across the window frame and carries one or more curtains, said rod at each end being provided with a rearward extension having an inverted U-shaped portion to engage the supporting hooks or pins, and thus prevent forward and rearward shifting of the rod and the curtain or curtains supported thereby, the rearmost part of each of said extensions being thence directed downward and preferably provided with a laterally extending projection or offset, to facilitate the rod being passed by the supporting hooks or pins as it is lifted therefrom, while said ofiset may be used as a grip when it comprises a lower part of a rod supported upon the frontal surface of a frame.

Still another object is to provide a modified form of the device, which is designed for use upon the face of window frames, which do not necessarily extend sufficiently far from the wall to permit rearward extensions as in the form above referred to, but may be used with the same type of window frames as above referred to, if desired.

With the objects thus briefly stated, the invention comprises further details of construction and operation, which are hereinafter fully described, when referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a window frame equipped with one embodiment of the invention and operatively supporting a representative type of tie-back curtain; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a right side elevation of the same; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a window equipped with a modified form of the device; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same; and Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of the forms of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 4, respectively.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, a window frame is shown as comprising the usual top, side and sill sections I, 2 and 3, respectively, wherein upper and lower sash units 4 and 5 are mounted to slide vertically. In this case, the frame is one that extends quite freely outwardly from the wall 6, and thus provides oppositely directed side surfaces I, which are provided at their upper portions with screw hooks or similar elements 8.

side surfaces 1 of the upper frame section 1, it

being understood that instead of being made of a single piece, said central rod may comprise two or more sections telescopically related to one another.

In any case, each of said portions is provided with inverted U-shaped portions l2, which normally receive the supporting hooks 8, while rearwardly of said hooks said end portions are directed downwardly, to provide depending manually engageable portions l3. These last-mentioned portions extend downwardly closely ad.- jacent to the sides I of the window frame. However, instead of these downward portions being simply rectilinear, they are preferably provided with lateral ofisets 14, which by extending outwardly from the frame surfaces 1 slightly below the level of the supporting hooks make it possible to easily grip said depending portions, and lift the drapery support and any drapery carried thereby as a unit from said hooks.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and '7, the modified form of the hanger here illustrated is shown as being supported by a window frame similar to and correspondingly numbered as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and comprises merely a. central portion l5 that directly supports the curtains, but in this instance the opposite ends are not bent angularly rearwardly upon the opposite sides of the frame, but are provided with inverted U-shaped portions l6 that lie in a common plane, and are intended to be positioned in front of and parallel with the forward surface of the frame, this form bein preferably used when the window frame does not extend as far outwardly from the wall surface as in the case of the frame first described. The U- shaped portions in this instance receive and are supported directly by hooks or the like 16'.

This modification is characterized by downwardly extending terminal portions II, that may be provided if desired with lateral ofisets 18 to aid in manually gripping them, when 'it is desired to remove them "from the window frame, these ofisets being either at the lowermost free ends of said terminal portions, or spaced therefrom as may be desired. In either CaSGJShB-QGH- tire hanger, the supporting hooks andthe depending terminal portions are so arranged and inter-related that they are fullyxcovered 1by usual form of draperies for which the'hangers are designed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and "desire to protect bylLettersiPatent -of said supporting means when liftedztherefrom.

2. A curtain hanger, c,omprising-.;a central :nur-

"tam-supporting portion, the opposite *ends aof which are angularly directed ,rearwardly, isaid angularly'directedends being-.of inverted U -s'hape to receive supporting means carried by theeqppositely directed side surfaces of 1a windowsframe, and'to cooperate with:suchrmeanstmprevent;forward and rearward shifting of .the hanger -with respect to a window fframe *to which the supporting means are attached, and ,the tangularly directed portions terminating in downwardly ex tending, manually engageable portions by which the hanger may be lifted from the supporting means, said downwardly extending portions being provided with offset portions spaced from the side of the window frame to permit said hanger to pass said supporting means when lifted therefrom.

3. A curtain hanger. comprising a central curitain-zsupporting portion, the :opposite ends of which are "angularly directed rearwardly, said .angularly directed ends being of inverted U- s'hape to receive supporting means carried by the oppositely directed side surfaces of a window frame, and to cooperate with such means to prevent forwardzand rearward shifting of the hanger withrespectto a window frame to which the supporting means are attached, and the angularly :REFERENCE-S CITED The following references are of record in the 'file'of this patent:

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